as in to violate
to fail to keep
the unauthorized reproduction of the image contravenes copyright laws
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Recent Examples of contravene
The first phase was not smooth, with accusations by each side that the other was contravening the agreement.
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Ibrahim Dahman, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
Its attempt to designate Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins as acting special counsel was not an effort to contravene the lower court’s prohibition on recognizing a different special counsel because this was merely signaling who would take over if Dellinger was out (an inane argument).
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
And in a matter of days—and contravening laws and budgets passed by Congress—the Trump Administration has attempted not simply to redirect U.S.A.I.D.’s policy but to gut the agency’s capacity.
—Atul Gawande, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
And when Chadian President Idriss Déby died and his son Mahamat seized power in 2021, clearly contravening the country’s constitutional order, the United States chose not to risk jeopardizing its security relationship with Chad by declaring the move a coup.
—Jon Temin, Foreign Affairs, 27 Mar. 2023
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Ibrahim Dahman, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
Its attempt to designate Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins as acting special counsel was not an effort to contravene the lower court’s prohibition on recognizing a different special counsel because this was merely signaling who would take over if Dellinger was out (an inane argument).
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
And in a matter of days—and contravening laws and budgets passed by Congress—the Trump Administration has attempted not simply to redirect U.S.A.I.D.’s policy but to gut the agency’s capacity.
—Atul Gawande, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
And when Chadian President Idriss Déby died and his son Mahamat seized power in 2021, clearly contravening the country’s constitutional order, the United States chose not to risk jeopardizing its security relationship with Chad by declaring the move a coup.
—Jon Temin, Foreign Affairs, 27 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contravene
violate
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Last week a federal appeals court upheld Sessions’ order to bring Ozturk back to New England for hearings to determine whether her constitutional rights, including free speech and due process, were violated, as her lawyers argue.—
Rodrique Ngowi,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2025
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That was when the makers, Epic Games, included a direct payment option into the app, which violated Apple’s rules.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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